Marion Barry's bad day

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Crack monster Marion Barry got stopped after a wrong-way crash on Washington's Pennsylvania Avenue, but the fun only started when cops ran his outstanding-tickets record, and then the wall came down....

The traffic woes of Marion Barry have worsened following his Saturday night fender bender, with his Jaguar impounded after the crash and more than $2,800 in outstanding tickets needing to be satisfied before its release.

The 78-year-old D.C. Council member owed $2,824 on 21 outstanding tickets that date back to 2012 at the time he was involved in a wrong-way crash Saturday night, according to an online search of the District's outstanding ticket database.

The violations include $1,460 in eight separate fines for failure to display current tags and five automated-enforcement speeding tickets worth $684 for driving 11-15 miles per hour over the limit. He also faces a red-light camera fine of $150.

To rescue his car from the impound lot, D.C. police indicated Monday that the former mayor would have to pay off all his old fines.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/4/marion-barrys-car-impounded-after-crash-2800-unpai/

But the hits just kept on coming for the Barry brood when Barry's son got arrested as well...also on driver's-license issues....

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/07/marion-barry-s-son-jailed-after-latest-arrest-in-d-c--105646.html

I'm surprised Obama hasn't named Barry either head of the DOT or else trade ambassador with Columbia....

[TboneAgain]

Crack monster Marion Barry got stopped after a wrong-way crash on Washington's Pennsylvania Avenue, but the fun only started when cops ran his outstanding-tickets record, and then the wall came down....

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/4/marion-barrys-car-impounded-after-crash-2800-unpai/

But the hits just kept on coming for the Barry brood when Barry's son got arrested as well...also on driver's-license issues....

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/07/marion-barry-s-son-jailed-after-latest-arrest-in-d-c--105646.html

I'm surprised Obama hasn't named Barry either head of the DOT or else trade ambassador with Columbia....

I think it's all still under investigation, but the elder Barry was also charged with driving the wrong way, driving with expired registration, and driving without insurance. He claims the accident and his behavior were the result of a hypoglycemic episode (his is diabetic), but given his history of drug and alcohol abuse, I'll wait and see.

Marion Barry is a poster child for the rot that has taken over our 'Sodom on the Potomac.' His entire adult life is an unending string of failures, miserable decisions, and disregard for the law. His first reign as mayor was polluted by numerous scandals, culminating in his arrest on federal drug and perjury charges, and a six-month stay in a federal penitentiary. (This despite the fact that his panel of twelve jurors -- ten of whom were black -- could not reach a verdict on most of the charges.) Along the way, he discarded three wives and managed to get on the wrong side of the IRS by not filing tax returns.

In spite of all this, DC voters put him back in the mayor's office after his release from prison, and they continue to be 'served' by him as a city council member to this day.

Marion Barry is probably the only black politician I can think of that could possibly make Charlie Rangel look good.

[Billy's bayonet]

My former 'boss'........ that crack smoking tangaray drinking buffoon never disappoints......